Katherine Duer Mackay

Katherine Alexander Duer Mackay (1878–1930) was an American suffragist, socialite and writer from New York city. She was the founder of the Equal Franchise Society. Her involvement with the woman's suffrage movement "encouraged other wealthy women to follow her lead and become involved." She was also the first female member of the Roslyn Union Free School District's school board in Roslyn, New York.

Katherine Duer Mackay
Portrait by Théobald Chartran
Born
Katherine Alexander Duer

1878 (1878)
New York, New York
Died1930 (aged 5152)
NationalityAmerican
Known for
  • Founder of the Equal Franchise Society
  • First woman to serve on the school board of the Roslyn Union Free School District
Spouses
(m. 1898; div. 1914)
    Joseph Blake
    (m. 1914, divorced)
    Children3 (including Ellin Berlin)
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